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Server Shutdown Button

From Scot E. Wilcoxon on Sun, 02 May 1999

About the "Answer Guy" comments in the April 1999 LG about
shutting down a server, perhaps with a special login:

I have also created Linux servers without monitors, but I used a
two-key keyboard: a cheap serial mouse. See `man gpm` for the
"SPECIAL COMMANDS" and "-S" instructions. With this option
enabled in /etc/rc.d/init.d/gpm you can triple-click the mouse to
initiate either a shutdown or a reboot. This gives operators a
safe way to shut down a server without having to have a monitor or
keyboard on the server. The BIOS does have to allow booting
without those plugged in, but many BIOSes can be configured to
continue despite those errors.

Cool! There's a man page I hadn't read recently and
thoroughly enough! The best part is you can configure
it with a set of three custom commmands instead of the
defaults (shutdown -r, shutdown -h, and an internal
init signalling routine). I don't know what I'll
do with that, but it sure sounds useful.